Characterizing number

The tumor initiating potential of PBBs is not well characterized. Numbers of GGT-altered foci were significantly increased in partially hepatectomized rats that were administered a single 1-10 mg/kg oral dose of 3,3, 4,4 -tetrabromobiphenyl followed by phenobarbital in the diet for 180 days (Dixon et al. 1988), indicating that PBBs may have initiating activity in hepatocarcinogenesis. Tlie potential for liver tumor initiation by PBBs appears to be weak compared to tlieir potent promoting activity (Buchmann et al. 1991 Dixon etal. 1988 Jensen et al. 1984). 

Characterization. Number-average molecular weights (M s) of the stripped oligomers were determined by potentiometric titration of the primary-amine end groups with 0.10 N HCl. 

CHARACTERIZATION Number concentrations Chemical composition Morphology... 

Eckert [21 ] develops an economic characterization number for various types of packing. Usually, the most suitable choice of packing is dependent on the material of construction of the equipment. In distillation towers when low-carbon steel is used, 2-inch metal rings are often favored because they give a low AP, high capacity, and efficiency. Alternatively, saddles are the most frequently selected plastic and ceramic packing. 

With the Hasse diagram of Fig. 19 at hand it is easy to derive the remaining characterizing numbers discussed in former sections. Hence, we find L(E) = 6, H( ) = 7, and NL = H( ) =7. These numbers give an impression in which detail the steps from a minimal element to a maximal element may be disclosed. This informs us here about the maximum possible differentiation in the degree of hazards. 

Characterization. Number average molecular weights of the block copolymers in toluene were determined at 25 °C by a Mechrolab high speed membrane osmometer fitted with an 0-8 membrane. Styrene mole fractions in the block copolymers were determined by H -NMR in CC14 at 60°C. To determine the effect of fractionation procedure, sedimentation patterns of tetra-hydrofuran solutions of fractionated samples were examined using a Spinco model E ultracentrifuge at 59,780 rpm. 

These processes are limited by the strongly endothermic formation of N atoms (see Section 5.11.4). The energy cost of N atoms in DBD streamers in air is presented in Fig. 6-25 in the form of G-factors, which characterize number of N atoms formed per 100 eV of streamer energy (Naidis, 1997). For comparison, G-factors for formation of O atoms are shown in Fig. 6-26. The contribution of N atoms can add about 10% to the total production of atomic oxygen and, hence, ozone. More significant contribution to production of O atoms and ozone is related to reactions of electronically excited nitrogen molecules ... 

Polymer Characterization. Number average molecular weights (M ) of polymers were determined using an automatic membrane osmometer (Shell Development Design) in toluene solution at 35.5 C. Membranes (Sartorious MembranfiIter, SM 11539) were cautiously conditioned from ethanol into methyl ethyl ketone and finally toluene. Weight... 

There are two types of measurement errors, systematic and random. The former are due to an inherent bias in the measurement procedure, resulting in a consistent deviation of the experimental measurement from its true value. An experimenter s skill and experience provide the only means of consistently detecting and avoiding systematic errors. By contrast, random or statistical errors are assumed to result from a large number of small disturbances. Such errors tend to have simple distributions subject to statistical characterization. 

In order to characterize the behavior of motor fuels or their components with regard to knocking resistance but without involving chemical composition criteria which are complex and not easy to quantify, the traditional method that has been universally employed for more than 50 years consists of introducing the concept of octane number. 

Measurement of octane numbers is carried out using a reference motor called CFR (Cooperative Fuel Research), referring to a series of studies conducted in 1928 in the United States in order to standardize the methods for characterizing motor fuels. 

The gas oil cut from catalytic cracking called Light Cycle Oil (LCO), is characterized by a very low cetane number (about 20), high contents in aromatics, sulfur and nitrogen, all of which strongly limit its addition to the diesel fuel pool to a maximum of 5 to 10%. 

For each type of component, its relative reactivity in ozone formation was taken into account which makes it possible to characterize by weighting the behavior of the overall motor fuel under the given experimental conditions. The overall reactivity is in fact governed by a limited number of substances ethylene, isobutene, butadiene, toluene, xylenes, formaldehyde, and acetaldehyde. The fuels of most interest for reducing ozone formation are those which contribute towards minimizing emissions of the above substances. 

The VI is a number that results from a calculation involving the viscosities at 40°C and 100°C. It characterizes the capacity of the lubricant to maintain a constant viscosity through a large range in temperature. This property can be improved by additives. 

From complex cuts characterized in an overall manner, there is a transition towards mixtures containing only a limited number of hydrocarbon families or even compounds. This development has only just begun. It affects for the moment only certain products and certain geographical zones. It is leading gradually to a different view of both refining and the characterization of petroleum products. 

Product characterization aims at defining their end-use properties by means of conventional standard measurements related as well as possible — and in any case, being the object of a large consensus— to end-use properties. We cite for example that octane numbers are supposed to represent the resistance of gasoline to knocking in ignition engines. 

However, this conventional method presents a certain number of limitations. In the first place, the traditional end-use property itself can be difficult to determine. Consider the cetane number for example is it a good characterization of diesel fuel with respect to its behavior in commercial diesel engines In the second place, concern for protecting the environment imposes new specifications which are often specifications linked to the composition of products very low content of certain contaminants, reduced levels of certain families of compounds, or even a specific compound as already discussed. 

The visual information provided by radiography images is complex, considering of the great number of disruptive factors. Processed images ate characterized by three particular phenomena ... 

The effect can be important in mass-transfer problems (see Ref. 57 and citations therein). The Marangoni instability is often associated with a temperature gradient characterized by the Marangoni number Ma ... 

Apart from chemical composition, an important variable in the description of emulsions is the volume fraction, outer phase. For spherical droplets, of radius a, the volume fraction is given by the number density, n, times the spherical volume, 0 = Ava nl2>. It is easy to show that the maximum packing fraction of spheres is 0 = 0.74 (see Problem XIV-2). Many physical properties of emulsions can be characterized by their volume fraction. The viscosity of a dilute suspension of rigid spheres is an example where the Einstein limiting law is [2]... 

Wliat does one actually observe in the experunental spectrum, when the levels are characterized by the set of quantum numbers n. Mj ) for the nonnal modes The most obvious spectral observation is simply the set of energies of the levels another important observable quantity is the intensities. The latter depend very sensitively on the type of probe of the molecule used to obtain the spectmm for example, the intensities in absorption spectroscopy are in general far different from those in Raman spectroscopy. From now on we will focus on the energy levels of the spectmm, although the intensities most certainly carry much additional infonnation about the molecule, and are extremely interesting from the point of view of theoretical dynamics. 

The wavevector is a good quantum number e.g., the orbitals of the Kohn-Sham equations [21] can be rigorously labelled by k and spin. In tln-ee dimensions, four quantum numbers are required to characterize an eigenstate. In spherically syimnetric atoms, the numbers correspond to n, /, m., s, the principal, angular momentum, azimuthal and spin quantum numbers, respectively. Bloch s theorem states that the equivalent... 

The set of microstates of a finite system in quantum statistical mechanics is a finite, discrete denumerable set of quantum states each characterized by an appropriate collection of quantum numbers. In classical statistical mechanics, the set of microstates fonn a continuous (and therefore infinite) set of points in f space (also called phase space). 

The rotational states are characterized by a quantum number J = 0, 1, 2,. .. are degenerate with degeneracy (2J + 1) and have energy t r = ) where 1 is the molecular moment of inertia. Thus... 

Fluctuations of observables from their average values, unless the observables are constants of motion, are especially important, since they are related to the response fiinctions of the system. For example, the constant volume specific heat of a fluid is a response function related to the fluctuations in the energy of a system at constant N, V and T, where A is the number of particles in a volume V at temperature T. Similarly, fluctuations in the number density (p = N/V) of an open system at constant p, V and T, where p is the chemical potential, are related to the isothemial compressibility iCp which is another response fiinction. Temperature-dependent fluctuations characterize the dynamic equilibrium of themiodynamic systems, in contrast to the equilibrium of purely mechanical bodies in which fluctuations are absent. 

Boltzmaim s //-tiieorem raises a number of questions, particularly the central one how can a gas that is described exactly by the reversible laws of mechanics be characterized by a quantity that always decreases Perhaps a non-mechanical assumption was introduced here. If so, this would suggest, although not imply, that Boltzmaim s equation might not be a useflil description of nature. In fact, though, this equation is so useflil... 

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